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Topic: Confused  about WHICH  /sd? is my USB key, Which /dev/sd?  is  the USB Flash Drive< Next Oldest | Next Newest >
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Posted: Oct. 09 2005,01:34 QUOTE

Hi everyone,

I have been exposed to DSLinux for 2 weeks now, and I love it.

I am using it right now, but I booted from a CD rom.  I wanna install it
on a tiny USB Flash Drive (pen drive)

 I have only used
Red Hat Linux in the past, and was a heavy user of the right-mouse click to mount
the floppy and CD rom .

So, here is my issue.   I need help figuring out which  /dev/sd? device is my USB key.  I have read many docs stating do this and do that to list usb devices, to view scsi devices, etc, but there doesn't seem to be a SMART utility that says, your usb device X  is  your /dev/sdSOMENUMBER device.  

Here is some info about my system using some suggested commands:

etc/fstab:
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/proc      /proc       proc   defaults            0 0
/sys       /sys        sysfs  noauto              0 0
/dev/pts   /dev/pts    devpts mode=0622           0 0
/dev/fd0   /mnt/auto/floppy auto   user,noauto,exec,umask=000    0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom  auto   user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=1001,gid=50 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda4 none swap defaults 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=1001,gid=50 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=1001,gid=50 0 0

When I type:  mount   , i get :
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/dev/root on / type ext2 (rw)
/dev/scd0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
/dev/cloop on /KNOPPIX type iso9660 (ro)
/ramdisk on /ramdisk type tmpfs (rw,size=199296k)
/proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw,devmode=0666)


When I type: lsusb -v  , I get the following info about my flash usb:
=====================================================================

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1043:8006 iCreate Technologies Corp.
Device Descriptor:
 bLength                18
 bDescriptorType         1
 bcdUSB               1.10
 bDeviceClass            0 Interface
 bDeviceSubClass         0
 bDeviceProtocol         0
 bMaxPacketSize0         8
 idVendor           0x1043 iCreate Technologies Corp.
 idProduct          0x8006
 bcdDevice            1.00
 iManufacturer           1 Generic
 iProduct                2 Flash Disk
 iSerial                 0
 bNumConfigurations      1
 Configuration Descriptor:
   bLength                 9
   bDescriptorType         2
   wTotalLength           32
   bNumInterfaces          1
   bConfigurationValue     1
   iConfiguration          0
   bmAttributes         0x80
   MaxPower              100mA
   Interface Descriptor:
     bLength                 9
     bDescriptorType         4
     bInterfaceNumber        0
     bAlternateSetting       0
     bNumEndpoints           2
     bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
     bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
     bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk (Zip)
     iInterface              0
     Endpoint Descriptor:
       bLength                 7
       bDescriptorType         5
       bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
       bmAttributes            2
         Transfer Type            Bulk
         Synch Type               none
       wMaxPacketSize         64
       bInterval               0
     Endpoint Descriptor:
       bLength                 7
       bDescriptorType         5
       bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
       bmAttributes            2
         Transfer Type            Bulk
         Synch Type               none
       wMaxPacketSize         64
       bInterval               0
 Language IDs: (length=4)
    0409 English(US)

When I type:  cat /proc/scsci/scsi , I get:
===========================================

Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
 Vendor: SONY     Model: CD-RW  CRX210E1  Rev: 2YS2
 Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
 Vendor: Generic  Model: USB Flash Drive  Rev: %z!Y
 Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02


My /mnt  directory looks like:
==============================

drwxr-xr-x   15 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 .
drwxr-xr-x   12 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 ..
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 auto
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Oct  8 20:11 cdrom -> /mnt/auto/cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Oct  8 20:11 floppy -> /mnt/auto/floppy
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 16:10 hd
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 hda1
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 hda3
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 hda5
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 hdb1
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 pts
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 sda1
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 sda2
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 sda3
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 sda4
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 20:11 sys
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct  8 16:10 test

I also tried:
==========
tail -f  /var/log/messages  , and then put in my USB key, but this didn't show
anything.





Now, based on the info above, which sda device is my usb key?

I think it is really important to know since I will be formatting the USB
key to put DSLinux on it, and I don't wanna delete/overwrite/corrupt something that isn't my usb key.

Is there some command that gives more info on an sda  device to tell me what this device actually is?


Am I really stupid?  Or is this a really difficult thing to figure out in linux?


Any help would be appreciated !!!
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Posted: Oct. 10 2005,16:28 QUOTE

There are 4 partitions on your pendrive.  Just mount them all and see what they have on them.

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